NCIS (2003–…): Season 9, Episode 21 - Rekindled - full transcript

[sirens wailing]

All right, boys...

It's looking pretty good.

Captain!

Got one!

Alive?

No, sir.

We're gonna need an M.E.
and the Arson Unit down here.

[over radio]:
Copy that. We'll notify M.E.

Arson Unit's on the way.

[static crackles]

Better call the Navy, too.

What is this place?

Warehouse is owned by
United Equinox Electronics.

They make everything
from modems to toaster ovens.

And according
to insurance records,

they use it to store tax
records, corporate documents.

What are we doing here?

Nice look, Tony.

What, is that blue collar
meets Ivy League?

Chic Farmhand?

Ring-a-ding-ding.

I call it Practical Playboy.

GIBBS:
Yeah, well...

...this is what we're
here for, Heffie.

United Equinox
also worked Navy projects.

Including top-secret
weapons systems.

And we're here
to see if

anything sensitive
was damaged-- got it.

That's right.

So, let's go.

NCIS.

Baltimore Fire.
Site Inspector.

Heard you guys
were called in.

ZIVA: Any idea what
caused the fire?

For that, you're gonna have
to talk to Baltimore Police.

Arson Unit guy's
around here somewhere.

Nice boots.

Thanks.
I'm going for a new look.

Crime Scene Chic.

Actually earning
some style points.

One more word about your boots,
you're gonna find mine

up your ass, DiNozzo.

DiNozzo?!

Anthony DiNozzo?

Jason King.

Baltimore PD
Arson Unit.

Jason.

Wow.

It's-it's been a little while.

Yeah.

You two know each other?

Heard we're working
this together, sir,

until we officially rule out
any connection to the Navy.

Yeah, that's the plan.

Well, boss, if this is
a homicide, then...

I was Homicide for
two years

before I made
Arson in February.

February!
That's two months ago.

Wow.

Listen, I had no idea--

Already started my
cause-and-origin investigation.

Fire's back here.

DiNozzo, you're with me.

You two,
take the perimeter.

GIBBS:
Duck, what do we got?

It looks as if
dental records

are the only hope
for identification.

This the guy who
started the fire?
I doubt it.

Arsonists rarely get caught
in their own conflagrations.

KING:
That's correct.

This man was most
likely a victim.

Wrong time, wrong place?

Or deliberate
time and place.

Given the body's
badly burned condition,

I'd say it was the
ignition point for the fire.

Used the road flare
to start it.

Johnny Storm, Human Torch.

You ever see that movie,
the Fantastic Four?

Arson?Looking that way.

DUCKY: Yeah, but
the fire was so intense,

it actually calcified the bone.

This is very odd.

KING: Gasoline and butane
burn off quickly,

and at the same relative
temperature as paper or wood.

Whatever our arsonist
used even scarred the
concrete floor.

The guy really wanted
to cover his trail,

destroy the evidence.

Fire doesn't destroy
evidence, it creates it.

Well, let's go find some.

Actually, I had the chance

to do some preliminary
processing.

Every one of these drawers
is filled with burned files

and paper ash,
except this one.

Oh...

Maybe the drawer was
empty before the fire.

Lock was broken off
prior to the fire.

Right there.

KING: Somebody wanted
whatever was in this drawer.

They went to a lot of
trouble to get it.

Boss...

I ran the card reader on the
warehouse's security gate.

The last person swiped in
at 4:03 a.m.

That's 40 minutes before
the fire was reported.

McGEE:
Carter Plimpton, 42 years old.

Lives in Fairmount.

Five-ten, 170 pounds.

Duck?

Could be.

Plimpton was a civilian
employee of United Equinox.

TONY: Well, if the
victim's a civilian,

then this isn't an
NCIS case, right?

Wrong.

Boss?

GIBBS:
It's Navy.

King... you're with us now.

Yes... sir...

McGEE: Dental records confirm
our victim is Carter Plimpton.

Product systems analyst

for United Equinox.

Spent the last four years

in their electrical
component department.

This is exciting stuff.

Tony, don't jump to
any conclusions, okay?

Just 'cause the guy has
a nerdy job,

it does not mean that he's...

Okay, he was single.

And he ran a Skyrim
message board.

How many cats
did he have?

None.

But, apparently,
he did have a thing

for Japanese anime pillows.

Oh. That's unfortunate.

Although, she's kinda hot.

It's a cartoon, Tony.

Hey, don't knock
the cartoon ladies.

You got your Betty Rubble,

your Ariel from
The Little Mermaid,

and Jessica Rabbit...

Those ladies got me
through puberty.

You've been through
puberty?

Had not noticed.

[wry laugh]

Well, you noticed Jason King.

What is it with chicks
and firemen?

And don't say hoses.

I wasn't going to.

Um, he's not a fireman.

But, yes, your cop friend
is very, um...

hot.

He's not my friend.

I met him once.

20 years ago.

I'm actually kind of surprised
he recognized me.

Well, clearly, your first
meeting was important to him.

I, uh, assume
it involved a girl?

He was nine years old.

Never assume, McGee.

Rule Number Eight.
Got it, boss.

Speaking of the number eight,
that's the... Phantom Eight.

McGEE: Part of the
Navy's Watcher Fleet.

The bad part.

Well, Watcher does
some good, too.

They help ensure the
Naval Fleet's security.

I think we can all
agree the Phantom Eight

had a couple of
bad apples.

Two of these men were murdered
in the last nine months.

Three.

Three.

Wow, look at that.

Our extra-crispy victim was a
member of the Phantom Eight.

If he was Black Ops,
that explains why

there's no paper trail
on his past.

Guess the guy's not a
cubicle nerd, after all.

Which means there
could've been a connection

between Watcher Fleet
and the fire.

Ziva, find 'em.
Take McGee with you.

Start with Plimpton's
supervisor.

DiNozzo, dig deeper
on our victim.

All the way to China, boss.

KING: I admire your
attention to detail, Doctor.

People your age sometimes
disregard scientific
investigation

in favor of instinct.

People my age? Here.

Sorry, sir.

It's just that applying
scientific methods

to fire investigation
is relatively new.

These burn patterns show all
the way through the dermis.

Yes, they do.

It's so unusual.

What is, Duck?

Well, Mr. Plimpton's skin

was double burned.

Once wasn't enough.

Well, looking at
one of several deep,

uniformly round tissue burns,

about one inch in diameter,

which just happens to match
this road flare.

DUCKY: The pattern
and carbon sheen

indicate that these
burn spots were inflicted

both ante- and perimortem.

Torture with a flare.

Yes, however, while
the right arm

is covered in
these burns,

there are only three
on the left arm.

Well, the killer
stopped torturing him.

He got what he wanted.

Which was what?

That's better.

Jack Murdoch?

You must be NCIS.

Yeah, sorry about
the, uh, the getup,

but most things in here
don't react well to static.

McGEE: Ooh, are they working
on the new I-triple-E protocol?

I bought your Nexus series
router two years ago.

Actually sent in
a few design suggestions.

Are you, uh, here for a
refund or nerd extra credit?

Excuse me?

Sorry, uh, I just,
I get tired of

people assuming
we're all dweebs

with nothing better
to do than talk shop.

I take it you're here
about Carter.

Yes. Is this what Mr.
Plimpton did for you?

No. In here, we create.

Carter liked
to destroy things.

You know, uh, product testing
and finding failure points.

What was he doing in your
records warehouse this morning?

His job.

Storing non-critical reports
and inventory information.

Non-critical?

There was nothing
in that warehouse

with any national
security implications.

I'll send you
the inventory.

"Classified" does not
mean "top secret."

Were you aware of Plimpton's
history with Watcher Fleet?

Watcher Fleet? No.

But he was always going on
about Skyrim

and Old Republic?

You are talking about dorky
role-playing games, right?

You must be into those, huh?

Until I took an arrow
in the knee.

Research, Abbs?

Um, nope. It's lunch.

Only I ran out
of chocolate.

You want some?
No.

Pyromaniacs?

Scientists, Gibbs.

Okay, yeah, they're kind
of pyromaniacs, too.

But these are chemical
reactions, which can be

measured and
controlled.

Hmm, doesn't look
controlled to me.

That's because the fire in the
video is something different.

It's a thermite reaction.

I found evidence of
it on our victim.

Thermite is a simple compound
of iron oxide

and aluminum powder.

When it's mixed together
properly and ignited,

it can burn ten times
hotter than wood.

And once it gets started,
you can't put it out.

It burns through metal.

Why didn't it completely
destroy the body?

Our killer must have added
something to his mixture

to slow the
chemical reaction,

which is something
that an arsonist

or pyromaniac
would never do.

Unlike our guys in the video,
our killer is

focusing the power of thermite.

Controlling it.

Yeah.

But I have
no idea why.

All right. Thanks.

Jason. Hey.

Gonna do paperwork
at the station house.

Be back in the morning.

Back to
Baltimore, huh?

I miss that city.

Sometimes.

So, arson
investigator.

That's a big job,
especially for someone your age.

Must have made some
major sacrifices.

What do you mean?

Well, I looked
you up.

You were offered a
full ride at Duke.

Point guard-- I
heard your jumper

was almost as
good as mine.

Better.

But you gave it up
to become a cop.

That's right.

About how we last left things.

I think we should talk.

Unless it's about the case,
I got nothing to say.

This means you haven't
forgiven me about your sister?

That's exactly what it means.

[pushes button]

Boss, I've been digging through
the warehouse inventory

from United Equinox.

Didn't appear that anything
important was stored there.

But?

I hacked into the Navy
Intelligence database.

I was only able to get past the
first level of security, but...

You found something.

Watcher Fleet had worked on

a top-secret project
called Aquamarine.

The only reason it stuck out
to me was 'cause there was

a file box
in the warehouse inventory

listed under the same name.

United Equinox was developing
something for the Navy.

What is Aquamarine?

Neither database said.

But the project was initiated
four years ago

during the time Plimpton was
with Watcher Fleet.

McGee, that's why
he was tortured.

Someone was looking
for Navy secrets.

Well, they found them.

TONY:
Carter Plimpton.

Take two.

Plimpton left
the Navy Watcher Fleet in '08

to take a job at United
Equinox Electronics.

ZIVA:
So did he leave there
to work on

this Aquamarine project
for Equinox

And what is
Aquamarine?

I'm still waiting for
Navy Intelligence

or United Equinox to confirm

the project
even exists.

ZIVA: Uh-huh.Don't hold
your breath.

TONY:
So while we're
waiting to find out

what our killer took
from the warehouse...

Focus on what he left behind.

Thermite residue.

Not many arsonists
use thermite.

Which means if this guy

has a criminal
record...

We can cross-reference
his M.O.

McGEE:
Boss, I got
a hit here.

Billy Wayne.

Six arrests for
arson-related crimes,

two involving
thermite accelerants,

including a fire he set
at home last year,

killing his wife and two kids.

Serving life in prison.

Oh. So he can't be
our warehouse guy.

No. But he'll give
us a glimpse into

the mind of the
person who is.

I was about
to say that.
Ziva.

Get him in here.

Mm-hmm.

GIBBS:
Thermite.

Your calling card.

These are
good pictures.

What kind of
camera is this?

Billy.

Focus.

Fire.

This warehouse-- it's
nothing but paper.

Boxed files, right?

And that's meaningful because?

Ignition point of paper is low.

Whoever lit this, they could
have easily used gasoline

or kerosene to do
the same damage.

Why thermite?

Two reasons.

To send a
message or...

Or?

For fun.

Thermite's
tricky stuff.

Whoever lit this,
they might have wanted

to see how it plays--

speed, intensity,

the ventilation and
oxygen it requires.

A good torch man

always runs tests,
practices before the event.

Event?

This ain't lighter fluid
and matchsticks, missy.

There's a reason
you use thermite.

Name one.

I did a hotel once
outside of Manassas.

Used a slow-burn
thermite mix

in a room two floors
above the boiler room.

Slow burning?

The reduced combustion rate
gave me enough time to get away

before it burned through the
floor and ignited the boiler.

It was beautiful.

Four people died in that fire.

Yeah, there's that.

Man thinks he
invented fire.

Truth is, it's nature's
most perfect gift to us.

Razes great cities just to be
replaced by even greater ones.

Hey, Nero,

ever share your slow-burn
thermite recipe with anyone?

I may have mentioned
it to Janice.

She's writing a book.

About me and my work.

She visited
me last week.

What did you tell Janice?

A magician never gives
away his tricks, honey.

You'll have to buy the book.

How do you contact Janice?

I just told you, she visited me.

Wait. You're not leaving,
are you?

Wait. W-What's gonna happen now?

This was thermite test
number four.

I used linseed oil

as a possible
reaction inhibitor.

Smart.

So...

what got you so into fire?

Was it too many late nights
watching Fahrenheit 451?

The Towering Inferno.

Wait, Backdraft.

I was in a fire
when I was a kid.

Arson.

They never caught the guy.

Oh.

Still burning
way too hot.

Yeah.

Burned right through.

I guess linseed oil wasn't
our killer's secret ingredient.

Well, on the
bright side,

you can now help
me keep testing.

I am a sucker
for empirical data.

McGee.

Still nothing from
Naval Intelligence, boss.

And I can't
dig any deeper

into Watcher Fleet without
setting off any firewall alarms.

United Equinox.

Other than what was taken
from the warehouse,

they have no records of
any project called Aquamarine.

Billy Wayne's biographer.

Our mystery author used a fake
I.D. to visit Wayne in prison.

I did pull the prison
security footage.

Running facial
recognition now.

So far,
nothing's popped.

Well, keep looking.
Yup.

[computer alarm dings]

Boss, an alert
just came through from

the Baltimore
Fire Department.

They're responding to a
suspicious blaze on a cargo ship

less than a mile
from the warehouse fire.

Call DiNozzo, call Jason.

On it.

What do we got this time?

Battalions 51
and 62 responded.

Turned out to be some tarps
on top of a cargo hold.

No injuries.

[boat horn blows]

10-4.

Hit that hot spot
right there.

Hey.

Hey.

Cargo?

Empty.

Off-loaded yesterday;
load of fruit from Chile.

Got a cause?That's for him to decide.

But based on the fact
that the solid steel deck

showed signs
of heat fatigue...

Used an accelerant?Powerful one.

Thermite?

JASON:
Why the hell was

our guy burning tarps
on an empty cargo vessel?

Finding out, boss.

Been on a few more
ships than you.

Been on a few more
arson cases.

[sniffing]

This way.

I can smell
ashes, too.

It's not ashes
I'm smelling.

I was agent afloat
for a while;

there's a lot
of fishy smells.

Is this Lassie thing
really necess...
Shh!

[whispers]:
Sorry.

Ship's wiring
runs through here.

Move!

I'll get the fire crew.

No. Door's
an air lock.

Once the oxygen burns
out, so does the fire.

So, Arson Welles,
what the hell was that?

That was a trap.

And we almost got caught.

Guess we're even.

What do we got, Abbs?

The source of the flash-fire
on the cargo ship.

Bomb?

Actually, there
was no bomb.

It's much more complicated
than that, Agent Gibbs.

But don't worry--
we can explain it.

Then do.
Okay.

Instead of a bomb,
someone set a small

and well-placed thermite
charge in this junction box.

My guess is that's why
the tarp fire was set.

A distraction.Everybody's running

around the ship on and off.

Nobody's checking
the crew carefully.

Our arsonist
must have used the same

slow-burning thermite
that was in the warehouse,

because it
managed to melt

through the wiring's
insulation,

but to not completely
destroy it.

Which left the wires
to short out.

An electrical fire.
ABBY:
Exactly.

But an electrical fire
doesn't cause the same kind

of immediate
and intense fireball.

So why'd this one?

I'm so very glad you asked.

Exposure to the intense
heat of the thermite

caused the insulation
in the wires to carbonize.

And that shouldn't
have happened.

The wiring is flawed.

Rather than working
as an insulator,

the coating
on the wires

actually became
a conductor,

which rapidly
spread the fire.

ABBY:
Very rapidly.

If Jason hadn't suffocated
the fire by closing the door,

the wiring throughout
the entire ship

could have
flash-fireballed.

Our arsonist knew the
ship's wiring weakness.

How?

Guess who manufactured
the wiring.

United Equinox Electronics.

That's what was in
the missing file.

Well, if it was, it still
doesn't explain the connection

to the Watcher Fleet.

United Equinox
internal memos.

Found them encrypted
on Plimpton's laptop.

You were supplying faulty
wiring to shipping vessels.

Not true.

Then why did Plimpton request

a recall inquiry
nine months ago?

He was doing his job,
looking for flaws.

There are flaws in everything
if the conditions are perfect.

Perfect here.

Bad wiring.

Look, I read Plimpton's memos.

Only under extremely
rare circumstances

could the wiring
be corrupted.

A scenario so remote,

its statistical probability
was almost zero.

I don't know.

Sounds like a bunch
of geek speak to me.

There weren't enough
proven cases of flashover

to legally warrant a recall
or even a warning.

We were following
the letter of the law.

Somebody killed
your employee,

took the only
detailed file

about what was wrong
with your wiring

and demonstrated
the problem.

All in the last two days.

[sighs]

Look, uh...

I'm sorry about
Carter, but...

none of this has anything to do
with me or my company.

Navy Watcher Fleet.

Plimpton knew about a file

that matched something
in your database.

Aquamarine?

GIBBS:
We think it was about

your bad wiring.

Look, I told you, our
wiring was well within

any acceptable risk model.

Besides, we installed it
over four years ago.

For the Navy.
No.

Civilian market only.

We never sold it to the Navy.

And I told you,
I never heard of Watcher Fleet.

Tony's catching up
on his case reports.

What's wrong?

He's been this way

ever since he got back
from the cargo ship.

We have to ask him
about this.

Yeah.

Can I help you?

Is that you, Tony?

Be honest-- is that you?

Yeah.

You saved Jason from a fire?

It was the kid's lucky day.

Okay.

What happened?

[sighs]

Final Four was in Baltimore.

Getting ready
to play UCLA.

Basketball, Ziva.

And?

And I was out for a walk.

I was trying to clear my head,
focus for the game.

And I saw smoke
coming out of this townhouse.

I heard a scream,
so I went in.

How come you never told us?

You should be proud.

It was more complicated
than that.

[boy screaming]

Is anybody up here?

Hello!

[groans]

Whoa!

[glass shattering]

BOY: Help me!

[boy coughing]
Aah!

Hello?

BOY [coughing]: Help!

Hey. You okay?

[whimpering]

You all right?

Okay.
It's going to be okay.

Come here.
[crying]

Just hold on to me, okay?

Amy!

GIRL:
Jason, help!

My sister!

I can't get out!

Help her!

Please!All right, all right.

AMY: Help!

She's trapped!

AMY [crying]: Help me!

AMY: Help!

JASON: We have to get her!

Amy!
[grunts]

Please!

Don't leave her!

I had to make a choice.

Save Jason...

or risk all of us getting killed
trying to save his sister.

I chose.

She was four.

Okay. What do we got?

Uh, we got a hit
on a phone call

Billy the firebug
made from prison.

Yeah, and?

Well, number belongs
to a Mary Gardocki.

Mary's passport photo
is a perfect match

to the prison security footage.

Bring her ass in.

Mm-hmm.

Right, boss.

You helped.

Others didn't.

I know.

Good. Get out of here.

What?

Fire.

That what you

and Billy Wayne talked about?

I'm writing a book.

Oh, bull.

Employment records.

Yes.

I've been the leading
sales rep at Curway Chemical

three years running.

So?

So you sell C-4.

Napalm.

To everyone
from the U.S. government

to Somali warlords.

I'm good at
what I do.

And it's legal.

What's your point?

You ever sell
to Navy Watcher Fleet?

They're real?

They exist?

I've heard of them.

Never met them.

Maybe you could get me
an intro.

The best salesmen...

they're the best liars.

Are you lying to me, Mare?

Absolutely not.

Thermite burns are nasty, huh?

I can explain.

Mm, I can't wait.

I've been using Billy to
develop a more stable thermite.

A patent could mean millions.

If the thermite in your burn
matches our victim...

It won't.

I didn't kill anyone.

If I don't believe you...

don't be disappointed.

I don't know anything
about a murder.

I've been in the burn center
for the last three days.

I swear,

I'm not lying.

Thank you.

Hospital where Mary's burn
was treated

confirms she was in the ER

the morning
of the warehouse fire.

Jack Murdoch sent over
a list of civilian ships

installed with
the questionable wiring.

No reported problems over
the last four years.

One of them could be
the arsonist's next target.

Perhaps, but we still
do not have a motive.

Corporate espionage?

Maybe a personal vendetta
within the company?

Or none of the above.

We missing something, boss?

Yeah.

How any of this connects
to the damn Navy.

TONY:
Well, we haven't really heard
from Abby in a while.

Maybe she and Jason
found something?

[phone ringing]

ABBY:
Gibbs, can you come to the lab?

Yeah, Abbs.

I'll be right down.

[chuckles]

It's a gift.

What's cooking, Abbs?

Our special ingredient.

Ammonium phosphate,
to be specific.

After 47 attempts,
we finally determined

that our killer has been
mixing thermite with...

Wait, don't ruin the surprise.

Okay, guess what has

ammonium phosphate as
its key ingredient?

Beer nuts.

Fire retardant.
Wait.

Fire retardant.

It's genius. Get it?

No.

Okay, the retardant coats

the aluminum particles,

it slows down the chemical
reaction in the thermite.

See, there's no holes this time.

So, you get all of the power
and no unnecessary damage.

This is a controlled burn.

This helps track our killer?

That's the very
best part.

JASON:
The brand of retardant
our arsonist used

is sold exclusively
to the U.S. Forest Service.

You have to buy that from
the manufacturer directly.

So we have a record
of who bought it.

ABBY:
With photo IDs.

We've been cross-checking
the faces

against the Baltimore PD
database of known arsonists.

[computer chiming]

Well, meet Bruce Johnson.

We already have.

He's the fire department
site inspector.

Typically a
civilian position.

He must've been an imposter,
a poser.

Well, he's been a suspect
in several arsons for hire.

None of them were proven.

I guess if you have a...

a fake Windbreaker and
a Photoshopped ID...

I was homicide
till two months ago.

There're nearly 2,000
firefighters in the department.

I missed it.

I-I'm sorry,
Agent Gibbs.

Abbs, what's the last
known address for him?

Um, I'll send it to McGee.

He's not happy, is he?

Well, he's...

Hey.
Are you coming?

[car alarm chirps]

[car doors unlock]

[tires squealing]

[engine starting]

[tires screeching]

Turn it off.

Get out of the car.

I want a deal.

Turn it off, we'll talk.

Look, the guy who hired me

said Plimpton had information
about some bum wiring.

I didn't mean to kill him,
but the bastard wouldn't talk.

Who hired you?

Do we have a deal?

Turn off the car!

GIBBS:
Get down!

The car's gonna blow.

Here you go.Thanks.

Looks like your basic
C-4 fuel charge

rigged to the ignition.

Turn it on to arm it,
turn it off to go boom.

ZIVA:
Gibbs, I found this inside.

The missing file from
the United Equinox warehouse.

GIBBS:
Well, it's a list.

Of what?

Every Navy warship that contains
the faulty wiring.

They did sell it to the Navy.

The guy from United Equinox
lied to us.

Geek bastard.

What?

When Plimpton discovered
the wiring was faulty,

he also sent a copy of his memo
to the Navy.

Current Watcher Fleet's
been working with the Navy

to fix the problem.

Using its top-secret
code name Aquamarine.

But...

"But"?

Only a third of the fleet

has been retrofitted so far.

So two-thirds are still at risk.

Whoever hired our arsonist knows
how to attack U.S. warships.

Blackmail? Corporate espionage?

Terrorism.

[NCIS Agents speaking foreign
languages simultaneously]

McGEE:
Yes, Admiral, but since
Director Vance is out of town...

I'll have his detail notified,
sir.

Uh-huh. Well, there is no
immediate cause for concern.

If that changes,
we will keep you informed.

No! Four cheese, four pepperoni
and four sausage.

We've got a lot of agents
working late.

Make 'em all
larges, DiNozzo.

On it, boss.

Director Vance
and Naval Command elements

have been notified,
Gibbs.

SEVNAV's office is bolstering

security
across the board.

There's a meeting in MTAC
in five.

[slams down receiver]Pizzas will be here in 30.

Look, until we know
who's behind this,

we have to believe that
they can hire somebody else.

Boss, Aquamarine was kept
top secret to prevent anyone

from exploiting the danger
to the fleet.

So how did they
find out about it?

GIBBS:
Good question.

GIBBS:
DiNozzo?

He doesn't see it, boss.

Help him.

Jason. Hey.

Never got a chance
to say thanks.

You saved my butt
on the cargo ship.

I could have saved Johnson.

He would've given us answers.

No.

It was too
late for that.

No, you gave up.

Again.

Your specialty.

[elevator bell dings]

[pushes button]

[bell dings]

[door closes]

[exhales]

[elevator whirring]

There was nothing we
could have done today,

and there was nothing we
could have done that night.

Wrong.
You could have tried.

I did try.

[pushes stop button]Listen,

I ran into a burning building
and dragged your ass out.

You're welcome, by the way.

I heard her screams.

You weren't
the only one.

[sighs]

Something I learned
that night, Jason...

you can't save them all.

Sometimes...

you have to pick one.

I picked you.

Otherwise all three
of us would have...

died that night,
and you know it.

She was my baby sister.

I was supposed to be
taking care of her.

A lot of things
changed that night.

I decided to become a cop

because of a kid I almost
lost in Baltimore...

but didn't.

And that's you.

For the first time in my life,

I made a difference.

I did something
that mattered.

I've been trying to
do that ever since.

Me, too.

I know.

[pushes button]

And look at what
you've become.

She's gone; we're not.

Focus on the ones
you can still save.

[elevator stops]

[bell dings]

I'll try.

[bell dings]

Something wrong, boss?

The Watcher Fleet
microchips.

Like the one removed
from Agent Levin's arm?

Is it possible
that they contained information

about the wiring flaws?

Well, I guess so.

Access to it.

But those are all accounted for.

Right?

[phone beeps twice]

[door closing]

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